Failed to Death

The grave of Alize Vick at Roselawn Cemetery in Pueblo, CO, Thursday September 06, 2012.
Based on the reports filed by her foster mother, Alize was extremely accident prone during the five months she lived with Cuneo.
But a neighbor, Mary Ann Hartman, could hear what was going on inside the house through a baby monitor and began recording what prosecutors later described as the ongoing torture and abuse of Alize by Cuneo.
The recording wouldn't be enough. On Oct. 9, 2007, Cuneo hurled Alize 5 feet across a room and head first into a coffee table. The child died of massive brain injuries the next day.
Cuneo is now is serving a 32-year prison sentence for the killing.

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